Attachment for plows



W. 1). L INDSLEY.

ATTACHMENT FOR PLOWS.

(No Model.)

Patented Apr/18, 1882.

IN VENTOR m .8 {5M4 ATTORNEY WITNESSES a/1Q hp Walhingm. n, c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

W'lLLlAM D. LINDSLEY, OF RENO COUNTY, KANSAS.

ATTACH M ENT FOR PLOWS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 256,804, dated April 18, 1882.

Application filed September 28, 1881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM D. LINDSLEY,.

a citizen of the United States of America, residing in the county of Reno and State of Kansas, have invented certain'new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Sulky-Plows and alking-Pious; and I do hereby declare ing corn or other grain at any desired depth,

which device is so arranged thatit may be conveniently attached to any sulky or Lister plow. 7

To this end my invention consists in a driving-wheel and side bar or bars provided with' suitable gearing for operating the seed-dropping disk, in combination with a hopper and grain-spout, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a machine embodying my invention,shown partly in section; and Fig. 2, a vertical sectional view on line 00 w of Fig. 1.

A represents a side bar constructed in a single piece, and having the arms A and A nearly at right angles to each other, as shown in Fig. 1 of drawings, and provided at one end with the vertical slot a and a for the bolts, by which it is attached to the upright beam of a plow. The slot a a-llows the plow to be adjusted at different angles.

At the junction of the arms A and A the side bar, A, is provided with a huh, I), which forms a bearing for the driving wheel B. Through said hub 1) passes a shank or shaft, 0, of a beveled-gear wheel, d, one end of which is screw-threaded and screws rigidly into a corresponding hole at the center of the driving-wheel B.

Securedto the arm A of side bar by means of the brackets 12 e is the shaft 0, provided at its lower end with a beveled gear, f, which meshes or gears with beveled-gear wheel (1, so

cured to driving-wheel B in the manner above described.

To the upper end of the shaft 0 is secured the spur-gear g, which gears with a cogged (N0 model.)

wheel, h, made fast on the under side of a circular revolving disk,D,which is provided near its periphery with the apertures k for the passage of the corn or other grain to the grainspout F. The disk D revolves or turns in a box, i, which is secured to the vertical arm A of side bar, A. The box 1' is further fastened to and forms the bottom of the hopper E, said hopper E being by this means supported above the drivingwheel B, as shown in Fig. 2 of drawings. The grain-spout F, leadingfrom the hopper E, passes behind the wheel B, and is supported by the arm A of side bar, A, to which it is secured by the boltp, or in any other suitable manner. It is further supplied with a brace, 0, as shown, by which arrangement the box 1' and grain-spout F, although separated, always maintain the same relative positions.

Around the bevel-gearsfand dis a cover or shield, n, secured to the side bar, A, and fitting close against the huh I) of said side bar, thus completely shielding the gears from dirt which might be thrown up by the wheel B.

The operation of these devices is as follows: The wheel B as it revolves turns the bevelwheel d, which revolves the bevel-gear wheel fand shaft (J. The spurwheel g, meshing with pinion h, rotates the disk I), the corn or other grain falling through the holes 7c into the spout F.

It is evident that two side bars may be used, if desired, without departing from the spirit of my invention, in which case the drivingwheel may be placed between them and the same dropping mechanism may be attached to either side bar.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a planting attachment for Cultivators, the combination, with the hopper E and side bar, A, having arms A A and wheel B, provided with gear at, of the perforated box 2', attached to the lower part of the hopper, revolving disk D, having apertures 7c and gear h, vertical shaft 0, having gearsfg, and the grain-spout F, all substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' WILLIAM D. LINDSLEY.

Witnesses D. J. FAIR, H. S. Goss. 

